I must confess that I have limited racing experience, but it seems to me
that it's not often that a sanctioned race (committee) would attempt to "opt
out" of the colregs, wrt to boats in the race or otherwise. Leeward no
longer has status over windward on the same tack... stuff like that? It also
seems to me that the exceptions need to be clearly defined. My impression,
although possibly in error, is that there are additional rules imposed upon
boats racing, not fewer.

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"Jeff" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
The colregs are *fully* in force when racing. The only difference is the
tolerances wrt distance and expectations.

I had the understanding that when you agreed to race you were "opting out"
of the Colregs and agreeing to abide by the racing rules. OTOH, this
obviously only applies between boats racing.